Sustainable economic development

Rural Business Development Services

Sustainable spices

Access to agricultural services

How to enhance the poorest farmers' access to agricultural services such as research, training, advice and finance, from an innovation systems perspective.

Agricultural innovation (AI) coaching

Branding for development

The Royal Tropical Institute has investigated whether branding can strengthen the position of smallholders in value chains. This dossier discusses the pros and cons of branding to small enterprises in the South.

Local Sourcing - Business opportunities for small-scale producers & companies

Monitoring & evaluation for learning in rural innovation systems

Outsourcing agricultural advisory services

The public sector is looking for ways to involve the private sector in enhancing agricultural innovation systems with new knowledge, services and experiences.

RAAKS: multi-stakeholder learning in agricultural innovation systems

Rural innovation policies

Policies and policy-makers play a role in shaping the enabling environment for agricultural innovation systems.

Rural innovation systems: introduction

An introduction to the use of Rural Innovation Systems (RIS) as an analytical concept and a development tool for alleviating rural poverty.

Social investment

The Royal Tropical Institute has explored the possibilities and challenges of investing with a pro-poor development outlook.

Sustainable procurement

Sustainable procurement can be a means to promote social equity, environmental sustainability and sound economic development in rural areas of the South.

Traders

Relations can be strengthened between farmers and traders, with a view to the potential of traders to develop markets and help improve the livelihoods of rural people.